LARGE DEMAND FOR LOANS TO AID HOUSING
Large Demand For Loans To Aid Housing WASHINGTON. D. C—Unfilled requests for government loans with which to remove about 225.000 low-income American families from slum dwellings to new fit homes...
...In making public the details of the huge volume of demands for U8HA loans...
...Only 17 per cent have populations ot 250.000 or more...
...Elliott and Sidney Reagan, president of the governing body of the University of Texas...
...Allan Haywood...
...Approximately 54 per cent have population groups of less than 50,000...
...Every single dollar available for loans to local housing authorities has been committed...
...The $1,006,900,000 requested...
...These request,*, totalling 1,006.900,-I 000 for which no committments can be I made, were forwarded by local housing authorities in 181 communities located in 32 states, the District of Columbia, Hawaii and Peurto Rico...
...Labor board representative...
...Tex.—A legislative program which will be presented to candidates for state and local offices so that labor may know how they stand, will be drafted at the annual state convention of the Texas Industrial union...
...The till is empty...
...D. C—Unfilled requests for government loans with which to remove about 225.000 low-income American families from slum dwellings to new fit homes are now on file with the United Stales Housing Authority...
...Other speakers will be Nat Wells...
...If put into actual use...
...and 35 per cent of the communities have less than 25.000...
...Seventy locals w-ith a total membership of more than 20,000 throughout the state will be represented at th» convention, Maurice J Dmeen, CIO regional director, announced...
...We are unable to make any further commitments until conjress mukes further authoribations...
...CIO national director of organization, is scheduled to address the convention during the two-day sessions...
...Administrator Nathan Straus announced this week...
...Straus stressed the fact that funds heretofore available for loans to public housing agencies haw been committed...
...Texas Union Has Legislative Plan CORPl'S CHRISTI...
...would expand this present USHA program of 435 projects in 200 communties to rehouse 160,000 families, or 640,000 persons, to around 1,000 projects in 250 communities and j care of approximately 400,000 fami-I lies, or more than 1.500,000 persons...
...Most of the applications are from the smaller urban, suburban, and rural communties...
...He said: "The I'SHA is absolutely flat broke...
Vol. 10 • May 1940 • No. 18
